“Based on the information we have so far we believe that the thief, maybe thieves, broke open a window in the back of the museum next to the railway tracks,” police spokesman Winfrid Wenzel told Reuters news agency. “They then managed to enter the building and went to the coin exhibition.”

“The coin was secured with bullet-proof glass inside the building. That much I can say,” he added – but refused to discuss details about security staff or the alarm system.

The coin was minted by the Royal Canadian Mint in 2007.

It is 3cm (1.18in) thick, 53cm in diameter, and carries a likeness of Queen Elizabeth II on one side, as Canada’s head of state.

The other side shows the Canadian national symbol, the maple leaf.

The coin cabinet at the Bode Museum holds more than 540,000 objects, but German media report only the “big maple leaf” was stolen.

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